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6 killed, 25 hurt in accidents

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February 18, 2013

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Kunigal (Tumkur dist), Feb 18: Six persons were killed and 25 injured in two accidents on NH-48 near Anchepalya on the outskirts of Kunigal town on Sunday night.

In a serial accident, four persons died on the spot when a speeding sand-laden lorry rammed a car, and seven other vehicles following them. The 25 injured passengers, nine of them children, were occupants of these seven vehicles.

All the vehicles involved in the accident – four cars, two SUVs, a tanker and a van – were speeding towards Bangalore from various places such as Hassan, Mangalore and Dharmasthala, said sources.

First aid

The injured have been shifted to Bangalore after providing them first aid in the government hospital in Kunigal, said Kunigal police.

In the other incident, Manjuanth, Venkatesh, Raghavendra and Jagadish, all from Bangalore, were returning from Dharmasthala, when the tyre of their car burst and the car hit a signboard at Singonahalli Agrahara, the police added.

Manjunath and Venkatesh died on the spot and the two others were injured.

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Muzaffarnagar, Jun 11: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly using plastic scrap to make jaggery at Bhokaheri village under Bhopa police station here, as official said on Thursday.

 Police raided a jaggery manufacturing unite (kolhu) and arrested three persons on Wednesday, SHO, Bhopa police station Sanjive Kumar said.

Police have registered a case against five persons including the trio that was arrested while two of them managed to escape, he said, adding that two loaded tractor trollies of plastic scrap have been seized.

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May 19,2020

Yavatmal, May 19: Four migrant workers were killed and 15 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck in Yavatmal on Tuesday morning.

The bus was travelling from Solapur to Jharkhand. More details are currently awaited.

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July 4,2020

Kolkata, Jul 4: Two people were killed and around four injured when the bombs they were allegedly manufacturing went off inside a house in Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

Their identities were yet to be established as the condition of those injured and undergoing treatment at a hospital was still "critical", he said.

The thatched roof of the house, where they were allegedly making bombs, also blew off in the explosion, which occurred at Suti town in Jangipur subdivision of the district around 9:00 pm on Friday, the officer said.

The house has been damaged completely, and its owner is on the run, he said.

As of now, the wife of the house owner is being questioned in connection with the incident, the officer added.

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